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Last Days -- A World Famous Climber Challenges The Himalayas' Tawache & Menlungtse -- SIGNED By Author & By Team Member
by Roskelley, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by Roskelley on the short title page AND inscribed and signed by Jeff Duenwald on the verso of the short title page. Original maroon paper covered boards, grey cloth spine, purple gilt lettering spine. The book is in FINE condition: no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, no creased corners, fresh and tight binding. The dust jacket is in fine condition with no tears or chips but has some fading to the spine and price-clipped flap corner. Book measures 236mm tall x 153mm, and has 211 pages, 29 color photos, glossary. Exciting story of 2 hard climbs: Tawache NE Face with Jeff Lowe; Menlungste SE Ridge strong attempt with J. Wickwire, G. Child, & J. Duenwald. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001016
- Title
- Last Days -- A World Famous Climber Challenges The Himalayas' Tawache & Menlungtse -- SIGNED By Author & By Team Member
- Author
- Roskelley, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, Himalaya, Nepal
- Bookseller catalogs
- SIGNED Mountain; Mountains Karakoram Himalaya;
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- G
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- Verso
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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